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What song would you like played at your funeral?

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John Waters American filmmaker
Don't Play Me Cheap, sung by Tina Turner when she was still with Ike.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2008 source ↗
Kathleen Turner American actress
One of my daughter's. She wrote a song for me called Strong Like You, and she played it at the opening of my last play, Mother Courage. Every mother there cried.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 May 2014 source ↗
Sam Neill New Zealand actor
I Will Remember You, by Sarah McLachlan. That’ll choke the bastards up if nothing else will.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 June 2016 source ↗
Elaine Paige English singer and actress
Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien. And my headstone should read: “Game, set and match.”
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 September 2016 source ↗
Harriet Walter English actress
I went to a funeral where they played Cheek To Cheek: Fred Astaire singing “Heaven. I’m in heaven… ” Everyone smiled. I’d like that.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 December 2017 source ↗
Sandi Toksvig Danish and British broadcaster, comedian and writer
How about The Hokey Cokey? That’s always fun, especially if they’re carrying the coffin.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗
Adrian Edmondson English actor, comedian, musician and writer
Jazz, Delicious Hot, Disgusting Cold by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. Whenever Rik and I got stuck writing a script, we would put this on and the world would immediately seem to be a more stupidly brilliant place again.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 July 2018 source ↗

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